Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-17
BREVTTLEs.

TIE Port BtskeiY Mil Company's
s,paDer Poliskofsky came over yes.ef
dsy for $50 sacks Of 5ur.
CouFt il 10 session as $40 omish Oity,
AZ uuite q nsmbeF OF attorneys from
a. eisy ara in attendance.
MI. n. Bennett, . barber On Con
uessiaI street, is writing book on ID
aabisei Of electricity and steam.
Tia psxt convention Of the InseERa
eouaI Associations Of Z. IL. o. A.
workers will be held at Philadsiphia.
MEA.A. Smith IL fitting up boat for
craftsman down the sound with one
ofhis four horse poser nsphtha engines.
The new bark s. @. wilder. built b.
HaIl Bsos., OF Port Blakely, vas soc
csssfuIly launched last Saturday even
i1R.
Mr.. waIlen, the maa vino broke his
had by falling on boom stick, Is i'm
proving, and it 10 nov thought be viii
recover.
Johusou, Of the Q. q. Saloon, vas up
before Justice S0derberR yesterday for
disoFdeTiy conduct and was fined e25
and costs.
Tbe ird viduAI competitive drill for A
eold medal will take place this evening
a TIE aFmoTy Of the Seattle Kia4s. A
dose contest IL expected.
Tia steamer JOssphins vas in port
yesterday receiving necessary repairs,
and will soon 20 on q regular route be-
tween Seattle and points on Hsod's
Canal.
NICK. Bseds has sid his saloon
IN TIE YssIeF- LeaFy Block, he TontIGe,
% Mr.. Robert Campbell, Of San Fran
cisco. The place has teen closed for
repairs.
TIE Seattle Turn Verein will hold a /
grand annual stiftungsfest," or In
other words. annual reunion or picnic
81 HiItan's Grove, on Lake Union, SIN
day, May 29.n.
MIRA. Leonard, An aged lady, Who has
boen an inmate OF Providence Hospital
for A long time, died At that institution
yesterday afternoon She leaves q mum
bef Of sops 10 Whatcem.
From q San Francisco pager of May
Lab we learn that the ship Harvester,
nov Ia Seattle haEbor, was sold 20 K +.
LofsusEsn aad others for t2f 00o. She
10 hne ship, and Ia d scharging ballast
ai the Ocean dock.
Yesterday the Oregon a California
Railroad Company pat in effect the fol
loving passenger rates between Port
Iand, OfeROO, and San Francisco; In
limited FIRST olAis, So; limited first
class. 822; Unite } sEnigfanl, $i0.
Sunday afternoon box OF giant pow
der was found on the track OF the Pa
get Sound Shore line. evidently placsd
theFe temporarily BY some one intend
ing 70 blow out sone stumPs. We can
not believe that pythinR more serious
wAs intended.
Let all remember the promenade con.
cert and hall to he given on thursday
evening By the First Battalion Band
tbe entire proceeds Of which will 90 81
the NAnaimo relief fund. Tickets have
BEEN glazed at 80 cents for z ntlemsn;
ladies' free.
The foot race for S2OOa side between
Meier, the farmer, and Ryan, the pro- |
fessionAi foot racer, at ths track on
Sunday. resulted as might have been tx
peoted In favor Of the professional. He |
gave Is feet on the start aud caught him
before they had gone % yards.
On the last trip Of the collier Walla
Walls 10 San Francisco, while OF Cape
Flstiery she experienced very heavy
weather. She was struck aft by a
hssvs sea, which smashed in her cabin
and q ,Odsd her decks 10 the rails. The
iron plates we're b sdly dented 10.
Ilssemt that burglars ia their haste
dropped q box ontAining a set OF CHESS
men, aud number Of stsreoptioRn
views Ia front Of Geo. ID. SHOWS rest
denoe. The owners can procure their
property by calling upon Mt. anoW Of
The Western Uaion Telegraph Ohise.
General Gibbons lecture at the Opsra
House on Wednesday evening will be
iraueht With interes., aEd no doubt the
house will be crowded with interested
and intelligent listeners. GeReral Glib
bon is we'll known IN Seattle, aud holds
high place In the estimati aud es-
TEEN Of cur people.
Mrs. II. V. h Stacy commenced yes
teFday the construction OF hns resi-
dsnoe for herself on her slightly prop
erty on the corner OF Eleventh. and
Madison streets. The foundation will
be Of stone, and the superstfucsure Of
Nood. Tue cost of the building will be
In the nelRhborhoOd OF $1,000.
J. II. swyney and O. J. haidmsnt
have associated themselves together in
the plumbing, gas and steam fitting
WualuEMNs anu h1EANE4 NJ N1R WI wv
Of Front and seneca streets. Both sre
men Of experience ia their business
Mr.. Swynsy having filled the position
Of foreman at YouRR q &okeon's fer q
nnmber % years.
Mrs. Matilda Storey, mother OF Mrs.
FIJI. WhitvoFlh. died at the home of
her daughter In ) attic on Sunday.
Mrs Story has resided in Seattle for q
- "a laAEaa Ia
circle u friends. She vas 81 years of
ace last December. Tie funeral wiil
tAks place from the residence Of L. h.
Whitworih today at l o'clock.
Nessrs. Mehlhorn and Gasch have
50, 10 Portland on business connecsec
uih their contemplated Font street
book. Mr. Mehlhorn has 20 fest and
M. GAsch IS feet adjoining. and they
eontsmplate puttiug no brick block H.
eouiauetion, Iad4s Lswis held COO
terstce with then before they left, and
ha Understood be will Join With them
u the et tsrprise, 50 - u cover all the
frontage tFon the Poncin Batlding Co
TIE foklas 4 SinRsrman Block With
three story brick stfuasure.
Toe remains Of Elmer Ward. the sui
eide, wese followed 60 the grave on Suu
- = wv AAAEAAhtN= MS 0A1F NAhA~a
AfsAi vas clt by her husband before
ee cut bis oSn, Is still alivs, and her
physiciAus nov have kore that she
aih recover A very similar tragedy
eeaurTed To house near the Unlversity
earring the winter of 1871, wnsn Perry
Daansld cut his vife's throat and im
mediateiy sflerwsrd sa.sidsd by tAkius
re'san and blowins oag be brains. Mr..
baaaeld reesvettd, after long eontin
1et sniisriur.
Cli,t Deputy Calkstt, Of the Sesttls
Geaass. has last been iSuring up. Rad
nAds 'osi the business ot the oiii ~ for
we garter endine March. 1857. was
) Per cent. Crrster team during tbs
sane Esr'od IA iSs6. and that the basi.
esss tef tbs u3Rtu OF March vas al peI
sat, ervAtef than that ef the Sane
a.onth cue year sgo; April showed sr
ssfease Of tlls per. esht over April OF
.sa year. lie rePor; for Tacoma fal
toe garter shows shat 2&S FsgisteFee
AetaEes we're sent awsy, Whiia Seattle
Alles tie sans time seBt Of 659 pask